Task 1 — Reconnaissance & Network Scanning

This task focused on gathering information about a target network using basic reconnaissance tools in Kali Linux.

🔧 Tools Used

• Nmap – For port scanning, service detection, OS fingerprinting
• Netdiscover – For discovering live hosts in the local network

📌 Steps Performed

1. Started Kali Linux and opened the Terminal.
2. Used Netdiscover to find active devices on the local network.
3. Identified IP addresses, MAC addresses, and vendors.
4. Selected a target machine IP from the Netdiscover output.
5. Performed an Nmap scan:
   • Basic scan (nmap <IP>)
   • Service/version detection (nmap -sV <IP>)
   • OS detection (nmap -O <IP>)
   • Full port scan (nmap -p- <IP>)
6. Saved the results and prepared screenshots for documentation.

📁 Files Included

• Screenshots of Netdiscover output
• Screenshots of Nmap scan
• Summary text file of findings

📝 Summary

This task helped me understand how reconnaissance works in cybersecurity.
I successfully identified:

• Active hosts in the network
• Open ports
• Services running on the target machine
• Possible OS information

This forms the foundation for penetration testing and further vulnerability scanning.